WEBVTT -- TOUCHING HER BODY PART FOR HIS OWN SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.HE IS ACCUSED OF PULLING HER BREAST OUT AND THEN STATING, SORRY, MAN, I HAD TO. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER PARAMEDIC WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT. EVANS A TWO-YEAR VETERAN WAS PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.HE TURNED HIMSELF TODAY AFTER HIS ARREST. >> IN A STATEMENT, THE CHIEF SAID WE'RE FULLY COOPERATING TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION.EFFORTS TO REACH EVANS BY PHONE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.BUT HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

A Sacramento firefighter/paramedic has been charged with a misdemeanor count of sexual battery, the Sacramento Fire Department said.

Jared Evans, 32, turned himself in Monday after a warrant for his arrest was issued, officials said. He was booked into jail and then released on a $3,000 bail.

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The charges stem from an April 1 incident while Evans was on duty, the department said.

“When these allegations were brought to the attention of fire administration, we immediately notified the office of public safety and accountability and requested a full law enforcement investigation,” Sacramento Fire Chief Walt White said.

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Jared Evans, 32,

According to court documents, Evans was working as a paramedic when he allegedly touched an 19-year-old woman inappropriately while she was having seizures. The woman was in the back of the ambulance and was being transported to the hospital. The incident was witnessed by a Sacramento Fire Department paramedic intern, according to the court documents.

The court documents say Evans placed his hands down the woman's shirt and pulled her right breast out of her bra while she was "completely unresponsive to pain and verbal commands, she was out." Evans then slid the woman's breast back into her shirt, later telling the intern, "Sorry man, I had to."

The documents allege Evans touched the woman against her will "for the specific purpose of sexual arousal, sexual gratification or sexual abuse," not for medical care.

The intern reported the incident to a supervisor on April 16 and police began investigating on April 18.

Police then questioned the woman on April 24, the documents show. She told investigators while her eyes were closed and she couldn't move, she could hear the paramedics and feel everything. She then went on to tell police that she heard Evans say she has big breasts. She then felt a hand go down the top of her shirt and pull out her breast.

When police questioned Evans on April 28, he denied touching the patient and making comments about her breasts, according to the documents. He did not respond to KCRA's requests for comment on Monday.

Evans is a two-year veteran of the Sacramento Fire Department. Records show he previously volunteered at the Cameron Fire Department and now lives in Placerville. Evans has been on paid administrative leave since April 21.

“The Sacramento Fire Department takes all citizen complaints seriously, and works quickly to take appropriate actions to mitigate them," White said in a statement. "Although the case is ongoing, and all facts are not yet known, the Sacramento Fire Department wants to assure the public that we are fully cooperating with the investigation, and working to bring the matter to a successful conclusion.”